Net profit generated per employee in top pharmaceutical companies 2021

In 2021, Biogen generated almost 162 thousand U.S. dollars’ worth of net profit per employee, which ranked the company in the middle of the global top 18 pharmaceutical companies. Net profit per employee data can be used as an indicator to gauge how profitable a company (or industry) is.

Biogen

Biogen is a biotechnology & pharmaceutical company, based in Massachusetts, United States, specialized in developing medical solutions for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. In 2021, Biogen had an average of over 9,600 people employed.

Pharmaceutical giants

Today, some of the largest corporations in the pharma industry include Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche, to name a few. Based on market capitalization worldwide, Johnson & Johnson led the list in 2021, with a market cap of roughly 454 billion U.S. dollars. In terms of 2021’s prescription sales numbers, Roche stood in fifth place with about 49 billion U.S. dollars, while placed second in the R&D rankings, spending just over 13 billion dollars on research and development.